Monday, May 23, 2016

Today I thought I'd give you a peek at what I've got on the beside table for my personal reading.

I've only managed a few chapters of this book but I do like how they have woven John Bunyan in. I don't normally read christian historical fiction, but I thought I'd try it out and see how it went.

Now this, I am loving this. I must say, he is particularly confident and highly verbose. Words just seem to tumble out everywhere. There is no shortage or lack in his ability to "talk" at all. This is truly a fun read.

This book, I think starts off a bit messy, as I'm not one to like a lot of dialogue until the story is very well underway. I think I will still persevere with it though. It's a classic for a reason!

ok, it's almost lunch, the baby has awoken, he needs a nappy change, the girls are rioting, so I must run.

Friday, May 13, 2016

Mothers Day this year was probably the best one I've ever had. Normally we just skip on by without much of a do, but the girls wanted to spoil me, so we let them.

This week I purchased a couple of new items to help break up the monotony.

The first one was a Grade 5 Reading Daily Warm Ups. Each page comes with a reading passage and some comprehension questions. I don't use it like it's intended though. What we do with them is for the child to read the passage and outline it. At some point we will also extend that to re-writing the passage from the child's outline once we're comfortable with the level.

The book has 150 passages, fiction and non-fiction with a multitude of different types of reading. It retails $18.99 on TpT. Just click the cover if you want to go and find out a little more.

Another book I purchased was the Grade 5 Science Daily Warm Ups. Again, this has 150 pages of worksheet or activity based work. I really like the daily warm ups because it doesn't make the children sit there for yonks to learn a new concept. I like the idea of introducing new concepts in a brief manner. This also retails at $18.99 on TpT. Just click the cover if you want to go and find out a little more.

Something I also bought was another pack in this particular paragraph writing series. If you need a break from intensive instruction or want a handy dandy walk through, this is certainly very handy to have. I like to offer them out on occasion to help break up the monotony. I particularly like that it step by step, line upon line. It gives the child a clear path and direction in which to write.

In school this week Charlotte worked on this:

Math

And randoms. { cvc a }

We also got two new phonograms to add to her flash card pile.

The big girls worked on MOH II and their Wordly Wise 5 book.

And here's one of those outlines based on a passage from the new Grade 5 Reading Daily Warm Ups. The idea is to outline well, enough to make it possible to write their own passage.

A bible coloring page.

Saxon Time. We've up the ante with this one. If you get a pink slip, it's got to be fixed on the day, no more dragging lessons out over two days now.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

I've had this under my wings for a little while but today I'd like to share a collection of books I found online that I think would be quite nice to have on the shelf. To be fair though, it really is just an anthology with generous snippets and highlights of each book.

The Worlds Greatest BooksOne of the editors being Arthur Mee - with his approval you know that they are going to be good!